Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The party's NOT over.

Saturday, September 24 was our last party
and on Saturday, December 10, we had a party again. There bin many people who
have asked me why we stopped. With this cycle of posts, I tried to explain the
reason why, now turns out temporarily, we stopped with the parties. That we
started again, seem to give fewer questions, but I think is good with this last
post about "The Party's Over" to finish and close this article.

When I speak about the parties I always use
the pronoun we but most people know that I am the one that is in charge at T.R.A.C.S.
I took that role, as head manager, on me and that also made that I feel very
responsible for the parties and for T.R.A.C.S. Do Rod and Tim not feel responsible
for T.R.A.C.S? Sure they do! Rod and Tim are the two sweetest people in Second
Life, who support me and also let me go to do it my way. "If you want
Christo, go ahead."

That is not always helpful to slow me down.
;-)

In the past year Rod had many setbacks
caused by the economic crisis. I will not be revealed here his private life but
that made he was less in Second Life. It seems that things are improving and
hope that he will be more online next year. Tim always helps wherever he can.
He helps me with the lyrics for the flyers, comes with ideas and is my counselor
when I am annoyed about people or things. Tim is modest and has a more diplomatic
view than I and he holds the ice bucket, in where I can stick my hothead in,
when needed.

So a few months ago the fun to organize the
parties was total over. So I told Rod and Tim that I needed a sabbatical (from
Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Arabic Sobat, from Hebrew shabbat
i.e., Sabbath, literally a "ceasing": Rest from work, or a hiatus,
often lasting from two months to a year.) And they said: "Sure, if you
want Christo, go ahead." :-)

At first I not went to parties anymore. But
I was not very busy building and decorating on the sim either. I renewed old
contacts, made new friends and thought about how I would like to go on with my
Second Life. Than I went to new places other parties and made even more new
friends. I did not get an answer on all my questions but now I know, better than
ever, that I love music, lyrics, chatting and joking with people.

T.R.A.C.S is back and there will be
parties. There will be occasionally other DJs, other kind of music and life
concerts. But it will be just for fun. My fun! But everybody is welcome.

Will T.R.A.C.S. be open for ever? I think
the board I found on internet could give an answer to that.